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Life on Earth

International Arthouse Film Series

The International Arthouse Series brings the best films from around the world to the IU campus. Tickets are just $4 for students and $7 for the general public. The series is sponsored this year by Ryder Magazine, presenting films in Bloomington for over 30 years.

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A poetic meditation on Africa at the turn of the new millennium, Life on Earth
imagines Mali on the last day of the last century. A “fictional documentary,”
Life on Earth interlaces images of Sokolo, a border town in Mali, with readings
from Aime Césaire, the Caribbean critic of colonialism, and the sounds of the
world famous Malian singer Salif Keita. At the center of this film are the dense
connections between technologies, people, and places. In French and Bambara
languages with English subtitles. (35mm presentation)

This screening
is sponsored by the College Arts and Humanities Institute, African Studies Program, the Black Film Center/
Archive, the Department of Comparative Literature, the Department of History, Film and Media Studies,
The Media School, and the IU Cinema. Special thanks to Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Institut
Français, Amélie Garin-Davet, and Marissa Moorman. Screenings are free, but ticketed.